Holy Spirit Library

Reference Wiki for Career Prep & Job-Search Techniques

 

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Resources for Locating Company Information

 

1. Business Source Premier - Connect

          Full text information on over 60,000 companies.  Use the Company Profiles link to find reports on selected companies.

 

2. International Directory of Company Histories 1988- (Ref HD 2721 .I63)  Sample page: international_directory_of_co_histories.pdf

This multi-volume reference work presents information on the development of the world's largest and most influential companies.

 

3. Lexis-Nexis - Connect

          Select the Business tab to find full text documents on selected companies.  Use the General and News tabs for articles on companies.

 

4. News/Current Events Databases - Connect

          The library makes available access to national and regional newspapers such as  the Philadelphia Inquirer, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal.  The library also makes available access to the database Regional Business News.   

 

 

5. Philadelphia Business Journal

           Available in Print in the library.  Some full text is available at no charge on the website.

 

     Use the Company's Annual Report for an overview  and the 10K report for more detailed information.  (Ex: http://www.apple.com/sitemap/)

 

 

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Resources for Locating Industry Information

 

7. Industry Surveys 1995-2002 (Ref HC 106.6 .S74) Sample page:Industry Surveys.pdf

        An invaluable tool for finding information on major U.S. industries. Prospects for the industry are presented along with historical data.

 

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Resources for Identifying Competitors  

 

     An annual list of companies, products, services and activities compiled from a variety of published sources.

 

     An annual compilation of reported market share data on companies, products, and services derived from periodical literature and brokerage reports.

 

11. Value Line Investment Survey Current yr. (Ref HG 4501 .V262)  Sample page:value_1.pdf

       Information on approximately 1,700 companies and stocks, more than 90 industries, and the economy. 

 

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Miscellaneous Resources

 

12. Advertising Red Books  (Ref HF5805 .S72 2004) Sample page:red_books_1.pdf

        Locate information on company brand names, ad agencies, and ad budgets.

 

13. Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook (Ref HE 8689 .B77) Sample page:yearbook.pdf

        Profiles of U.S. AM & FM radio stations, and television stations.   Includes a station’s call letters, frequency or channel, contact info, ownership, and programming format.

 

14. Encyclopedia of Associations (Ref AS22 .E53 2008) Sample page: encyclopedia_of_associations_1.pdf

       A comprehensive list of national organizations.  Associations may have valuable information on an industry that would not be found in standard business sources.

 

15. Columbia Journalism Review       http://www.cjr.org/resources/     

      See the Who Owns What link for information on  what the major media companies own.

 

16. O*NET Online                              http://online.onetcenter.org/

      Provides occupation-specific entries for job seekers and employment professionals.  Search for an occupation by a skill set, educational requirements,  and range of demand for the occupation.      

 

 

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Databases

 

           Mulitdisciplinary database containing a range of information. 

 

18. Business Source Premier - Information about the database/Tutorial  Connect

          Full text information on over 60,000 companies.

 

          Use the business database for full text articles and documents.

 

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